[Read by Tom Weiner] This is a story of leadership, fame, and friendship and the journey of one man's struggle to find the peace that he promised himself if he survived World War II. On the hellish battlefields of World War II Europe, Major Dick Winters led his Easy Company - the now-legendary Band of Brothers - from the confusion and chaos of the D-day invasion to the final capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest. But Winters' story didn't end there; it was only the beginning. He was a quiet, reluctant hero whose modesty and strength drew the admiration of not only his men but millions worldwide. Now comes the story of Dick Winters in his last years as witnessed and experienced by his good friend Cole C. Kingseed. Kingseed shares the formative experiences that made Winters such an effective leader. He addresses Winters' experiences and leadership during the war; his intense, unbreakable devotion to his men; his search for peace, both without and within, after the war; and how fame forced him to make adjustments to an international audience of well-wishers and admirers, even as he attempted to leave a lasting legacy before joining his fallen comrades. Following Winters' death on January 2, 2011, the outpouring of grief and adulation for one of this nation's preeminent leaders of character, courage, and competence shows just how great a mark he left on the world.

Product Description: Sergeant Steve Maharidge returned from World War II an angry man. For a long time, the only evidence that remained of his service in the Marines was a photograph of himself and a buddy that he tacked to the basement wall. When his son, Dale Maharidge, set out to discover what happened to the friend in the photograph, he found that wars do not end when the guns go quiet...read more

Product Description: The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill) has been acclaimed as one of the most influential pieces of legislation ever past. Interviews with seven World War II veterans, the first veterans eligible to receive this benefit, are the essence of this book...read more

Product Description: Alumni, faculty, students of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota are known as the Cobbers. Twenty Cobbers here provide powerful accounts of their experiences during WWII. Dr. Paul Dovre writes, As a Concordia graduate, I am especially pleased that the story of this generation of Cobber veterans is being told and made available to others...read more

Product Description: It was with a sense of adventure, a call to service, and a touch of defiance that twenty-one-year-old Anita Bloom enlisted in the army.It was 1943, less than a year since the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) had been formed when one day, a elegant-looking woman in WAAC uniform entered the store where Anita was working...read more

The daughter of a World War II veteran recounts how her father, emotionally scarred by his experiences, made her his confidante, in a volume that traces his harrowing experiences in the Marines during the battle of Okinawa and how he later struggled with being a war hero and family man in a small town. (view table of contents)

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